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What Happens in an Internet Minute?</h1>
<div class="post-info"><a href="http://scoop.intel.com/what-happens-in-an-internet-minute/">http://scoop.intel.com/what-happens-in-an-internet-minute/</a><br><br>Posted By <span class="author vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="http://scoop.intel.com/author/krystal-temple/" title="Posts by Krystal Temple" rel="author">Krystal Temple</a></span></span> on <span class="date published time" title="2012-03-13T09:01:17-0700">March 13, 2012</span> </div>
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<p>Do you know what happens in one minute on the Internet?
In just one minute, more than 204 million emails are sent. Amazon rings
up about $83,000 in sales. Around 20 million photos are viewed and 3,000
uploaded on Flickr. At least 6 million Facebook pages are viewed around
the world. And more than 61,000 hours of music are played on Pandora
while more than 1.3 million video clips are watched on YouTube. </p>
<p>Computing is transforming and touching more people in a wider range
of devices. From smartphones to tablets, netbooks and notebooks and even
automotive; it can often seem like every one of us is connected. But
while it’s hard to miss the proliferation of portable devices, it’s what
we don’t see that’s the bigger issue.</p>
<p>What many don’t see is that the increase in mobile devices has had a
tremendous impact on the amount of data traffic crossing the network.
It’s a little easier to comprehend once we think about all that’s done
on a connected device like a smartphone. Listening to music, watching
videos, downloading photos, playing online games, refreshing Twitter
feeds and status updates – all of those activities generate network
traffic. Following is an infographic illustrates just how much data
passes through the network in 60 seconds. Nearly 640K Gb of global IP
data is transferred in just one Internet minute!</p>
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<p>Today, the number of networked devices equals the world’s population.
By 2015, the number of networked devices is expected to be double the
world’s population. And by the time we reach 2015, it would take five
years to view all the video content crossing IP networks each second.</p>
<p style="background-color:rgb(255,255,102)">So can our existing networks handle this explosion in network traffic
and maintain consumer expectations for immediate access from multiple
devices? And if the networks can expand to accommodate this growth, can
they do it while maintaining security? Telco equipment manufacturers and
service providers will be on the hook to ensure that we continue to
enjoy access to information and entertainment on our mobile without any
interruption to service.</p>
<p>Intel is working with equipment managers and service providers to
help them do just that. Just recently, Intel announced its
next-generation communications platform, codenamed “<a href="http://newsroom.intel.com/docs/DOC-2642">Crystal Forest</a>,”
that will boost performance and beef up network security to handle the
increasing network traffic. By enabling equipment manufacturers and
services providers to deliver platforms that grow along with the
network, Intel is also enabling consumers to stay connected on
intelligent devices every Internet minute of the day.</p>